Oregon Statutes 161.085 – Definitions with respect to culpability
As used in chapter 743, Oregon Laws 1971, and ORS § 166.635, unless the context requires otherwise:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 161.085
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(1) ‘Act’ means a bodily movement.
(2) ‘Voluntary act’ means a bodily movement performed consciously and includes the conscious possession or control of property.
(3) ‘Omission’ means a failure to perform an act the performance of which is required by law.
(4) ‘Conduct’ means an act or omission and its accompanying mental state.
(5) ‘To act’ means either to perform an act or to omit to perform an act.
(6) ‘Culpable mental state’ means intentionally, knowingly, recklessly or with criminal negligence as these terms are defined in subsections (7), (8), (9) and (10) of this section.
(7) ‘Intentionally’ or ‘with intent,’ when used with respect to a result or to conduct described by a statute defining an offense, means that a person acts with a conscious objective to cause the result or to engage in the conduct so described.
(8) ‘Knowingly’ or ‘with knowledge,’ when used with respect to conduct or to a circumstance described by a statute defining an offense, means that a person acts with an awareness that the conduct of the person is of a nature so described or that a circumstance so described exists.
(9) ‘Recklessly,’ when used with respect to a result or to a circumstance described by a statute defining an offense, means that a person is aware of and consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the result will occur or that the circumstance exists. The risk must be of such nature and degree that disregard thereof constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable person would observe in the situation.
(10) ‘Criminal negligence’ or ‘criminally negligent,’ when used with respect to a result or to a circumstance described by a statute defining an offense, means that a person fails to be aware of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the result will occur or that the circumstance exists. The risk must be of such nature and degree that the failure to be aware of it constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable person would observe in the situation. [1971 c.743 § 7; 1973 c.139 § 2]
See note under 161.015.
[Amended by 1967 c.372 § 11; repealed by 1971 c.743 § 432]